This document provides guidance for writers on accurately portraying medical details and scenarios in fiction, including summaries of how to realistically write about: - CPR and defibrillation, comas (how to induce and recover from one), knife and bullet wounds, poisonings, heart attacks, infectious diseases, anaphylaxis, childbirth, and hospital scenes. It emphasizes doing research to get medical details right and avoid common inaccuracies, and provides resources for writers to get more information, including talking to medical experts.